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Wednesday, September 26, 2012

“Not for the faint of heart, this pulse pounding page-turner grabs you from the start and never lets you go. A wickedly clever and evocative combination of history, horror, mystery, and magic.”—Booklist

From debut author Douglas Nicholas comes a haunting story of love, murder, and sorcery.

During
the thirteenth century in northwest England, in one of the coldest
winters in living memory, a formidable yet charming Irish healer, Molly,
and the troupe she leads are driving their three wagons, hoping to
cross the Pennine Mountains before the heavy snows set in. Molly, her
lover Jack, granddaughter Nemain, and young apprentice Hob become aware
that they are being stalked by something terrible. The refuge they seek
in a monastery, then an inn, and finally a Norman castle proves to be an
illusion. As danger continues to rise, it becomes clear that the
creature must be faced and defeated—or else they will all surely die. It
is then that Hob discovers how much more there is to his adopted family
than he had realized.

An intoxicating blend of fantasy and mythology, Something Redpresents
an enchanting world full of mysterious and fascinating characters—
shapeshifters, sorceresses, warrior monks, and knights—where no one is
safe from the terrible being that lurks in the darkness. In this
extraordinary, fantastical world, nothing is as it seems, and the
journey for survival is as magical as it is perilous.